World War II Honoree

Toland Dwight Mitchell, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENROLLED IN THE RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM WHILE AT OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. UPON GRADUATION IN 1943, COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE ARTILLERY. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER INCLUDING IN THE ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) CAMPAIGN. AFTER THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE, SERVED AS AN OFFICIAL OBSERVER AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN JANUARY, 1946. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. CONTINUED IN U.S. ARMY RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.